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Willard planners continue RV-park code revisions; consider owner accountability, electronic rosters and sewer-billing rules
Summary
The planning commission continued a review of revisions to Willard City’s recreational vehicle and RV-park zoning (sec. 24.9203), debating owner accountability, electronic resident rosters, federal distinctions between mobile homes and RVs, insurance questions and sewer billing tied to water use.
Commissioners resumed discussion of proposed changes to Willard City’s recreational vehicle and RV-park regulations (Willard City zoning §24.9203), emphasizing that any ordinance should apply broadly rather than be tailored to a single existing park.
Speaker 1 and Speaker 5 said the rules should hold owners accountable and suggested pulling enforceable language from park contracts. "We can kinda build some of that verbiage in there," Speaker 5 said, proposing staff incorporate contract requirements to ensure ongoing management.
Speaker 7 proposed requiring a monthly electronic roster that is sortable and searchable to make enforcement practical. Commissioners and staff discussed acceptable roster formats and agreed an electronic monthly roster would aid compliance and oversight.
The commission reviewed legal distinctions between mobile/manufactured homes and recreational vehicles. Speaker 4 read the ordinance definition and noted HUD governs mobile homes, which typically have fixed foundations, while RVs are intended as transportable dwellings. Commissioners discussed whether to require liability insurance for units in parks and raised safety concerns about cargo trailers used for habitation, including winter heating and ventilation risks.
Speaker 5 also presented preliminary sewer and water data: an average of roughly 60,000–66,000 gallons per month for the park over 12 months; using an assumed 35-unit average, that equates to about 1,900 gallons per unit per month. Commissioners discussed billing sewer as a proportion of water use and cited national standards (AWWA) that commonly use 75–80% of water consumption as a sewer-billing factor for measurable and defensible billing.
No ordinance was adopted; staff will continue drafting language to add enforceable owner requirements, a roster format, clarify insurance expectations, and refine sewer-billing mechanisms before returning with more detailed proposals.
